<p>Debbie Friedman who has written so much of the music played in synagogues is gravely ill. Prayers have been requested…</p>
<p>[Famed</a> Jewish singer Debbie Friedman hospitalized in O.C. - Pedro and the Watcher : The Orange County Register](<a href=“http://pedrowatcher.ocregister.com/2011/01/07/famed-jewish-singer-debbie-friedman-hospitalized-in-o-c/31574/]Famed”>http://pedrowatcher.ocregister.com/2011/01/07/famed-jewish-singer-debbie-friedman-hospitalized-in-o-c/31574/)</p>
<p>Debbie Friedman, Jewish songwriter and performer (Mi Shebeirach) is in a medically induced coma, battling pneumonia.
[Debbie</a> Friedman in Critical Condition; Friends Launching Worldwide Spiritual Healing Effort ? Forward.com](<a href=“Popular Jewish Singer and Composer Debbie Friedman in Critical Condition – The Forward”>Popular Jewish Singer and Composer Debbie Friedman in Critical Condition – The Forward)</p>
<p>Prayers, please.</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering whether there’s any update on her condition since yesterday afternoon.</p>
<p>All the reports I see are in the Jewish press, and you can see how they might be kind of slow to update today.</p>
<p>^^ Good point ;)</p>
<p>In the article there is a link to a YouTube request for participants worldwide to sing the Mi Shebeirach tonight at the end of Shabbat, 6:12 PST.</p>
<p>I am not jewish but going through cancer, one of our jewish CC ers recommended that song, I downloaded it to my Ipod, and played it during chemo and now . I brough me such peace. Such a beautiful voice. I will add my prayers to yours!!!</p>
<p>Baruch Dayan HaEmet.</p>
<p>[Beloved</a> US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies](<a href=“http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Music/Article.aspx?id=202864]Beloved”>Beloved US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies - The Jerusalem Post)</p>
<p>What a tragic loss. </p>
<p>May her memory be for a blessing.</p>
<p>Great sadness at seeing this. Like many others, so much of her music has been the soundtrack of my spiritual life. A terrible loss, far too early.</p>
<p>oh, what a very sad day. She brought such joy and meaning to so many. May her memory be a blessing…</p>
<p>Her memory and life has been a blessing. so sorry</p>
<p>Just read of her passing on a friend’s facebook page. Said she had pneumonia. So sorry for her loss.</p>
<p>I’m digging to find out what is/was the hour for the Sunday JCC service in Manhattan; changed from a healing to a memorial service.</p>
<p>It’s to be accessible via live streaming at: [Service</a> for Debbie Friedman on USTREAM: Service for Debbie Friedman.](<a href=“http://www.ustream.tv/channel/service-at-the-jcc]Service”>http://www.ustream.tv/channel/service-at-the-jcc)</p>
<p>It will also be up on: [The</a> JCC in Manhattan - about | live stream](<a href=“http://jccmanhattan.org/livestream]The”>http://jccmanhattan.org/livestream)</p>
<p>Read more: [Debbie</a> Friedman in Critical Condition; Friends Launching Worldwide Spiritual Healing Effort ? Forward.com](<a href=“Popular Jewish Singer and Composer Debbie Friedman in Critical Condition – The Forward”>Popular Jewish Singer and Composer Debbie Friedman in Critical Condition – The Forward)</p>
<p>is what you are lookig for, p3t?</p>
<p>A healing service previously scheduled for 5 p.m. PST in New York, will now be a memorial service. The service can be seen at [Service</a> for Debbie Friedman on USTREAM: Service for Debbie Friedman.](<a href=“http://www.ustream.tv/channel/service-at-the-jcc]Service”>http://www.ustream.tv/channel/service-at-the-jcc) or jccmanhattan.org/livestream.</p>
<p>yes, thanks jym; i’m listening to it now…</p>
<p>Me too-- but the sound seems to be having a problem.
I see my DH’s cousin, a cantorial soloist, is listed as watching/posting as well. We can all be together thanks to cyber-links</p>
<p>The static was a problem everywhere~ as I learned by keying into the “chat” group during the concert. So we know it wasn’t just our computers. Some posters suggested “the mic was too close to a speaker.” Some complained of the static; others said: turn off your sound or just feel the moment, to which another replied, “I can’t listen through static; I’m a musician!” LOL. </p>
<p>Ah well, it was good for the JCC Manhattan to have tried to broadcast it.</p>
<p>Funeral is on Tuesday. I’m glad to have her music on CD’s and audiotapes, sung regularly at synagogues and camps, but most of all in my heart.</p>
<p>
same here. I don’t think I realized until today what a tremendous impact her music had on my Jewish journey through conversion, and on our Jewish family. although songs like Mi Shebeirach will stay in my heart (and bring me to tears) for a long time, I also have such warm, happy memories of singing her silly songs like “The Latke Song” and “Plant a Tree for Tu B’Shevat” :)</p>
<p>Interesting, in-depth article about her faculty appointment at HUC’s School of Sacred Music in 2007:
[70s</a> rebel takes job at cantorial school | JTA - Jewish & Israel News](<a href=“http://www.jta.org/news/article/2007/07/13/103003/friedman]70s”>Friedman Depicted Unfairly - Jewish Telegraphic Agency)</p>
<p>Debbie’s obit from today’s NY Times: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html</a></p>
<p>Her funeral will be streamed beginning at 11:00 PST today [Temple</a> Beth Sholom live streaming of Debbie Friedman Funeral](<a href=“http://www.tbsoc.com/debbie/index.html]Temple”>http://www.tbsoc.com/debbie/index.html)</p>
<p>^Thank you for posting the livestream information, PRJ! </p>
<p>It should begin in around an hour (11 a.m. P.S.T. = 2 p.m. EST, etc. )</p>
<p>Repeating your link here: [Temple</a> Beth Sholom live streaming of Debbie Friedman Funeral](<a href=“http://tbsoc.com/debbie/]Temple”>http://tbsoc.com/debbie/)</p>
<p>(Livestreamed free, thanks to a grant… and available for upload 15-30 minutes following the service. ) I’m listening now and the sound is perfect.</p>